And while the world at large waits on,
We ought to get our trade skates on!!

Comment is about Having A Moan (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

I have posted the picture as a blog entry.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

love this.

Comment is about Lost entity pt 1 (blog)

Original item by Eseosa

Thank you.

Comment is about Scream… (blog)

Original item by Noris Roberts

I love the feeling of this and particularly 'dancing alone in the dark'.

Comment is about Lost entity pt 1 (blog)

Original item by Eseosa

All thanks for the kind comments. For those that guessed you're correct it's Porto cristo, although I think the ghost of a few ex holidays in Greece have influenced hence the Cohen reference!

Comment is about Balcony (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Beautiful poem

Comment is about Charlie (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Hi Phillip
Just came across your poem "Fishing For Fella's" which caught my eye because the title's very similar to one of mine called "Fishing for Poets".
My poem is autobiographical and I was the victim but I like your poem because you show the situation from another angle.
Thankyou for posting it up, it was good to read.

Comment is about Phillip Kelly (poet profile)

Original item by Phillip Kelly

Hi Neill.. ?Thank you for stopping by and sharing your thoughts on my piece, 'online dating.' I'm glad you enjoyed it. Emer ?

Comment is about Neill Barnard (poet profile)

Original item by Neill Barnard

What a great evening it was in Marple - enjoyed it enormously (and thank you, Nicola, for giving me your slot!) - See you all soon.... Dorinda x

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Cheers you two ?

Comment is about True Colours (with apologies to Cyndi) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

Poetry Party

Oldknow drinkers
all agreed
once the
poetry party
had started
no-one wanted
to leave!

Big thank you to everyone who came last night to the poetry event at Samuel Oldknow in Marple.

Comment is about Stockport WoL (group profile)

Original item by Stockport WoL

Ar eh lar, dass a crackin' Scouse accent you got dare Ray. 'Oo learned'ya to talk like dat?

I'll have cardys on the brain and a smile on me face all day now.

Aythangyow.

Comment is about SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

lovely poem Ray. Laughing at David's comments - Ray the Viking has a certain ring to it, a possible cousin for Erik maybe? And 'seriously its very difficult to get a license'. That's going to make we giggle all day. You guys. What are you like! Have a good one both. Col.

Comment is about SHE LOVED THAT CARDIGAN (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thank you for this. Nice audio. Vibed two different ways. Cool experience.

Comment is about Charlie (blog)

Original item by John E Marks

Thank you for writing this.

Comment is about Locked and rusted (blog)

Original item by sapna

Absolutely right. Trade is a two way transaction, and they need us more than we need them.

Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Having A Moan (blog)

Original item by Wendy Higson

I totally agree with everything said here in the comments.
Also thoroughly enjoyed my 'glass of wine' (although I don't drink) and atmospheric 'visit' to your balcony. Thanks.

Comment is about Balcony (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Thanks for the comment on my profile picture, Stu. I sketched that years ago when I was spending much too much time in solitude and it is one of the few things that survived my return to the world.

I hope things are going well with your writing, fella..it's very good to hear from you.

Rachel

Comment is about Stuart Buck (poet profile)

Original item by Stuart Buck

Many thanks, Paul and MC.

Comment is about HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I don't normally do provocative material, but I thought this needed a mention!

Thanks Mark I already had this poem written, so timed it to coincide with the official snubbing.

Agreed Col. I do think she is a master of the little finger - a supreme actress of the semi smoulder. Perhaps we all need to use a little more charm in life to get what we want. It just seems as you say there is always some grandiose scheme going on. Funny ole world aint it!

The plot deepens Greg. There was promise of government backing of a substantial amount, so that makes sense, he would have ok'd this. I think we need a second job like George. Thanks for commenting.

Cheers Paul. I do admire her spunkiness - but I havn't seen that programme . She does mean well obviously but come on darling!! Aythangyow.
Thanks for the likes, Stu and Michaela, appreciated.

Ray

Comment is about THE GARDEN BRIDGE(From Tales of the Unaccepted) (blog)

Original item by ray pool

Thanks for that Colin. Glad you like the poem. Thanks.

Comment is about Harvest (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

excellent

Comment is about Cocooning (blog)

Original item by Robert C Gaulke

nice one MDA

Comment is about Scattered Matter (blog)

Original item by MyDystopiA

I like this Desmond. Welcome to WoL. In a strange way it reminds me of the poem I have just posted. I assume 'Harvest' is the title? If so, you can click Edit and add the title at the top of the Update Entry form if you so wish. All the best, Colin.

Comment is about Harvest (blog)

Original item by DESMOND CHILDS

So powerful,pulls you in and makes you stop thinking of the mundane.

Comment is about In That Minute (blog)

Original item by Karen Ankers

I love "except for the tear that hangs from the eye"

Comment is about Valley (blog)

Original item by Anthony Coviello

Ha-Ha, Happy forthcoming Anniversary Mr Coopey.

Comment is about HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I love it too. Brilliant.

Comment is about True Colours (with apologies to Cyndi) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

I'm sure you came up with these lines with tongue firmly in
cheek and a fond twinkle in your eye! Just keep doing it!

Comment is about HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

I don't mean it really, MC. She's not a bad old stick.

Comment is about HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

Congrats! And thanks for the associated chuckle.
To adapt a "song n'dance" film title of my youth:
It's always fair weather -
When a marriage stays together.
You are forgiven the odd ding-dong
Putting up with each other for so long.
So as the years gently advance,
Step out to the same old song n'dance!

Comment is about HAPPY ANNIVERSARY (blog)

Original item by John Coopey

You left some nice comments on my poems, thank you for taking the time ?. I really do appreciate it.

Comment is about Cynthia Buell Thomas (poet profile)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Love it. No apologies necessary, to Cyndi or anyone else!

Comment is about True Colours (with apologies to Cyndi) (blog)

Original item by Laura Taylor

lovely stuff as usual and your new (well new to me) profile picture is great

Comment is about hindsight (a late proto-proverbial observation) (blog)

Original item by nunya

excellent stuff. very well written and quietly devastating

Comment is about This Is No Place For Poetry (For Sam) (blog)

Original item by Sky

brilliantly evocative and no wonder you have chosen senor cohen as the picture, this is very reminiscent of his musings

Comment is about Balcony (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

i agree wholeheartedly with whats already been said, this is excellent, dark and punchy, a proper soul-bearing

Comment is about untitled (blog)

Original item by Dana Lyn

'and then Freya in the darkness showing me where the light comes from.'

this is the line that transforms this piece for me. its excellent, as is the rest.

Comment is about The Woods (blog)

Original item by David T Jones

Mmm lovely Tom, nicely evocative, tinged with sadness. Kind of your speciality I think.

Wee typo though - 'whose' - should that not be 'who've?

Comment is about Balcony (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

I absolutely love this Cynthia. The story-telling - my Dad was a natural story-teller too, and had so many of them to tell, each time embellished a little more. There are some exquisite lines in here:

We were practically crawling into her mouth
even though we'd heard this story dozens of times.
She always had a fresh word, or a new shape to her mobile lips

and the humour too - I did laugh ?

The notion of empowering your daughters this way really moves me. I was never empowered, but I made damned sure my own daughter was.

This has brightened my morning, thank you.

Comment is about 'Puttin' on the Ritz' (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Loved it.
We have an expression (I don't know if it's just a local thing) for seagull incidents. "shit for luck". Never been more appropriate.
Cheers Kevin

Comment is about 'Puttin' on the Ritz' (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Wendy.
Thanks for commenting on my latest story about Fred Floppit. He was a pensioner when I was a kid, but his escapades were legendary in the village where I grew up.
Cheers Kevin

Comment is about Wendy Higson (poet profile)

Original item by Wendy Higson

Well, I certainly did enjoy it... thank you for sharing such a lovely atmospheric journey to grandma's house.

Your free verse has reminded me of one of my poems in my 1968 notebook - which I still have!
I'll share it and hopefully someone will enjoy it...

Comment is about 'Puttin' on the Ritz' (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Hi Richard,

Yes I did like The Last Train and I'd be keen to read more of your poetry. There is a wide variety of poetry on this site to enjoy and some of it is even pretty good!

Comment is about Adam Whitworth (poet profile)

Original item by Adam Whitworth

Oh my oh my,I love it,makes me think of asking my mum to tell me about the olden days?.

Comment is about 'Puttin' on the Ritz' (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas

Bitter sweet and a little self pity in a finely conceived poem.
Hope and promise in the first verse, disillusionment in the second, and resolve in the third is my view. Pretty similar to Colin's reckoning.

Keep this up when you feel the inspiration Michaela.

Ray

Comment is about Obsolescence (blog)

Original item by Michaela Sheldon

It feels with your poems that time just suspends and allows for details to be revealed - a great trick and an enviable one Tom. A sense of mystery pervades and also timelessness.

I Can't praise it enough. POTW or i'm a Dutchman.

Comment is about Balcony (blog)

Original item by Tom Harding

Hello David

The vivid imagery took me back to my own camping experiences - what it's like to spend a night out under the stars. Really liked that line: The day slowly waking up to carry on as it did yesterday. And those audacious line-breaks I usually can't manage, well they're not planned are they?

Comment is about The Woods (blog)

Original item by David T Jones

Evocative, nostalgic. . .I enjoyed it a lot. Loved it!

Comment is about 'Puttin' on the Ritz' (blog)

Original item by Cynthia Buell Thomas